A article published in the Nursing Times this week focuses on the role of nurses in providing care to people with ME/CFS and Long Covid. The paper can be accessed here.
One of our trustees, Dr Michaela Barnard, was quoted in the article stating:
While the two conditions had similarities, Long Covid was a distinct condition in its own right with over 200 potential symptoms.
A one-size fits all approach is not likely to benefit either set of people with these different conditions, who require the coordinated support from a multidisciplinary range of specialists.
Let us know what you think.
Durham County Department of Public Health have produced a great video demonstrating that covid and many other viruses are airborne. The video is less than two minutes long. An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! […]
This narrative review shows that POTS, ME/CFS and Long COVID are closely related conditions that share common biological mechanisms. The authors explain that problems with the autonomic nervous system, immune dysregulation and autoimmunity, mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced blood flow to the brain, and neuroinflammation all play a role. POTS and ME/CFS are identified as the most […]
Summary: Comparing Long Covid symptoms between patients that received COVID-19 vaccinations and those that did not. Study by Pasculli et. al., (2025) summarised by Amanda Harrington-Vail Introduction Since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared, almost 780 million cases and nearly 7 million deaths have been reported worldwide. Although COVID-19 vaccination has reduced the risk of […]
